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1907 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainHarry Burns
Home stadiumBeaver Field
Seasons← 19061908 →
1907 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Dartmouth     8 0 1
Penn     11 1 0
Carlisle     10 1 0
Temple     4 0 2
Fordham     6 1 1
Cornell     8 2 0
Western U. of Penn.     8 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Lehigh     7 2 1
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
NYU     5 2 0
Vermont     4 1 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Brown     7 3 0
Penn State     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 1
Drexel     3 2 2
Colgate     4 4 1
Geneva     4 5 2
Amherst     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Rutgers     3 5 1
Springfield Training School     2 4 2
Bucknell     4 7 0
New Hampshire     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Holy Cross     1 7 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Carnegie Tech     1 8 0

The 1907 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1907 college football season. The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania. This was the first year that Penn State had adopted the Nittany Lion as its official mascot.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Altoona Athletic AssociationAltoona, PAW 27–0
September 28GenevaW 34–0
October 5vs. CarlisleWilliamsport, PAL 5–18
October 12Grove City
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 46–0
October 19at CornellW 8–6
October 26Lebanon Valley
  • Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 75–0
November 2vs. DickinsonWilliamsport, PAW 52–0
November 9at PennL 0–28
November 16at NavyL 4–6
November 28at Western University of PennsylvaniaL 0–610,000

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "State Runs Up 34 On Geneva's Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1907. p. 28. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "W.U.P. Defeats State College Eleven In Sensational Football Struggle". The Pittsburgh Post. November 29, 1907. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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